Events - Frequently Asked Questions

An activity considered to be general recreation, including private family gatherings and small parties, generally don’t require a permit.

If you will be hiring a bouncy castle or conducting other such activities which will impact other users of the park, a SpacetoCo booking will be required. 

Yes, but you will be required to complete a SpacetoCo booking for the party. 

No, due to the regular use of public spaces, you must only set up at the time and day of your approved booking.

Details of:

• The erection of any temporary structures, excluding a marquee less than 25 square metres, unless these structures are supplied by an operator with a valid trading licence in place for the location in which you plan to hold the event;
• Temporary road closure or suspension of ordinary traffic movement;
• Fireworks or the use of laser lights;
• The sale or consumption of alcohol;
• Use of amplified equipment or extraordinary vehicle noise;
• The preparation or sale of food to the public;
• Selling or hiring of goods, wares, or merchandise;
• Large animals (e.g. camels);
• Erection of event signage;
• The need for additional toilet facilities beyond what is already available at the site; or
• Crowd control or other measures to ensure public safety or security.

Bookings via the SpacetoCo website are non-exclusive which means that the area will remain open to the general public and may still be used by casual users such as dog walkers, family picnics etc. The area will not be fenced off to the general public however no other bookings will be accepted for the area that you have requested.

Event organisers may request exclusive use of a venue or public space. It is at the event organisers discretion to allow or deny access to the event and to fence, rope or section off the required area. Exclusive use of an area will incur a separate fee than what is listed on the SpacetoCo website and the event organiser will receive an invoice from the Shire as per the current fees & charges schedule. 

If you require a key for your event, keys can be collected from the Shire of Broome offices at 27 Weld Street, Broome. Keys are available for collection between 9am and 4pm. If you have a weekend booking, keys are available to be collected on the Thursday or Friday prior to your booking and must be returned the next working day following your event.

Yes, certain reserves and public spaces have power and water access points available. Please see location descriptions for power/water availability. Additional charges/bonds may apply and a key may be required.

Unless you’re a registered food vendor, you will require a temporary food permit if you’re selling food at your event.

If you are serving food free of charge then a permit is not required, however we ask that you notify us in the event application in the unlikely scenario that a complaint is received. This also includes gold coin donations as it’s not technically being sold.

If a caterer has been hired/paid to supply food, then we need to be notified of the caterer to ensure that they’re a registered food vendor.

An event application fee will be charged at the time of submission of the application online and the fee will range depending on the selected "impact" of the event (i.e. social gathering, low impact, high impact etc.).

Once the application has been received and assessment has commenced, any additional fees will be sent via an invoice to the event organiser.

Further fees could include, but are not limited to, traffic management plan assessment, marking of reticulation, exclusive use hire, inspection fees etc. 

You do not require a permit when accessing north of the rocks or the 500m zone of Gantheaume Point. All other areas of Cable Beach are prohibited and require a permit that you can apply for here. 

Please note:

To limit the impact of vehicles on nesting turtles in Broome, the Cable Beach north vehicle access ramp (adjacent to the Cable Beach Amphitheatre) will be closed at night to vehicles throughout the turtle nesting season October to March each year. A total vehicle closure is in place annually from December 1 to January 31. Current information on turtle nesting season closures can be found here.